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Hansel & Raul celebrate the New Year in a concert in California
North America/ United States / California
Hansel & Raul celebrate the New Year with an awesome concert in California
The Charanga Ambassadors in the world will say goodbye to 2019 presenting the most select of their repertoire of the great hits
Date: Tuesday, December 31st
General Admission: 7:00PM
Cocktail Hour: 7:00PM – 8:00PM
Dinner: 8:00PM
Price: $120 (Adult) / $ 60 (Children under 12)
Venue: Crowne Plaza Los Angeles – Commerce Casino. 6121 East Telegraph Road, Commerce, CA 90040
The Charanga´s Legends will share all their talent with their fans for this last day of the year. This exceptional duo with 35 years of trajectory, time transgressor, continue to fill places to a full house in South America and the main cities of the United States, and this December 31, 2019, is the turn of Commerce city in Los Angeles County in California.
Hansel & Raul will be accompanied for the third time by Mr. Carlos Navarro orchestra, Son and Clave. This complicity of unique and singular talents has been joined in the different cities of the California State since the 90s, achieving the resounding success in each of their performances.
This duo formed in the Miami city in 1984 is still the Ambassadors of “La Charanga” with 330 recorded singles, six gold records and four platinum records for sales made, in addition to two Grammy awards with the album “Encore” in 1978.
Hansel & Raul, borne in Cuba, enjoy all their biggest hits summarized in their more than three decades of artistic career as a duo, and it’s for that the public will always have the last word when choosing the songs that they most prefer of these fantastic legends, but don’t worry, because Hansel assured us that their classics such as “Soy”, “María Teresa y Danilo”, “Ella”, “Ayer”, “Se me Nota”, and “Balancea mi Corazón” (songwriter Venezuelan, Yordano) among many others, will be present in this show of one hour and forty-five minutes.
But wait, here’s still more! If you want to enjoy these Legends with the harmonic concept originating from the island “La Charanga” in advance and you aren’t here this month nor next in the United States, don’t perturb, because Hansel & Raul will be visiting Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador in a Small tour of South America, returning in December for the “New Year´s Eve 2020” event in the United States.
“LA CHARANGA IS MY FAVORITE MUSIC …
… IT’S VERY NICE AND LIGHT…
… AND IT IS THE TYPICAL MUSIC OF CUBA.”
Hansel E. Martínez
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Three albums by Arturo Sandoval to give away at Christmas
North America / United Stated / Washington DC
ISM Recommends “CHRISTMAS AT NOTRE DAME”, “ULTIMATE DUETS”, and “LIVE AT YOSHI’S” of the “Trumpet Legend” to enjoy in the comfort of your home
Here is already a month left for December and with it the fast and multiple purchases, in addition to the Christmas gifts that you should not leave for last. What a headache for some people! It’s for that we are going to recommend you the elite gift, three Latin Jazz albums by Arturo Sandoval with which you will be 100% a lord and you will not disappoint even your “Secret Santa”.
- ULTIMATE DUETS
Ten-time Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval released his more recent album “Ultimate Duets” in 1998. Marking the continuation of a distinguished four-decade catalog of over 30 groundbreaking titles, the album finds renowned artists from the worlds of Pop, Jazz, Classical, and Latin music coming together for the Cuban maestro’s first duets.
At the outset of recording, Arturo with more than 40 years making music, wanted to make a CD with singers that perhaps nobody has related to Jazz, so he made a list with more than 20 names of artists that he admired deeply but who sing different genres and then simply asked each participant to suggest a favorite song they would like to reimagine with the “Trumpet Legend”, and the results are absolutely amazing as the list of collaborators.
ULTIMATE DUETS includes 11 hilarious tracks: “Andante, Andante” – featuring the awaited return of the globally recognized voice of ABBA’s Anni-Frid Lyngstad. This song from the multi-platinum Super Trooper album marked the first time that a member of the Swedish supergroup has returned to the studio to record one of their classics. Stevie Wonder chose to record “People” (which he and Sandoval first performed at a Grammy tribute to Barbara Streisand), whereas Prince Royce turned the tables and decided to record Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” (Popularized in the 70s) in a contemporary Bachata style.
Likewise, the Spanish singer/songwriter Alejandro Sanz also participated in this album versioning “Corazón Partio” featuring Big Phat Band. In the same way, Arturo recorded with legends and new generation voices: Plácido Domingo (“Granada” feat. Vicente Amigo), Pharrell Williams (“Arturo Sandoval” feat. Ariana Grande), Josh Groban (Solo Esta Soledad), Juan Luis Guerra (La Bilirrubina), David Bisbal (El Ruido), Al Jarreau (After All), and Celia Cruz (Quimbara). “It was very exciting to include something with Celia, whom I always admired and loved very much. I couldn’t make a record of duets without her, the eternal Salsa Queen”, Arturo said.
Although in this album Sandoval shows a great variety of genres, he assures that he won’t move away from Jazz: “It’s my main genre and would never leave it, but I am also a big fan of music in general. I’ve always liked Salsa, Merengue, Pop … Good music is what matters most to me, for that I’m so happy with this album”, Sandoval said for an international media.
Release: May 18th, 2018
Available on your favorite digital platform!
- CHRISTMAS AT NOTRE DAME
Arturo Sandoval, the most dynamic live performer of our time and virtuous trumpeter recorded his FIRST official Christmas Album with the ensembles of Notre Dame one year ago.
This album contains 12 Joyous tracks featuring the Notre Dame Children’s Choir & Isabella Burns (Ave María), Notre Dame Children’s Choir (Joy To The World, O Come All Ye Faithful, and Silent Night), Symphonic Winds (Let It Shine and Fantasy On Fum, Fum, Fum), Notre Dame Jazz Ensemble (The Christmas Song and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas), Gabriella Solis & Stephen Lancaster (I’ll Be Home for Christmas), Alyse Jamieson & Jazz Ensemble (All I Want For Christmas Is You), Matthew Kelly & Emorja Roberson (Frosty The Snowman), Victoria Fraser & Notre Dame Children’s Choir (O Holy Night), Sacred Music at Notre Dame Vocalists, and graduate Jazz trio!
Celebrate the Holidays NOW!
Release: October 5th, 2018
- LIVE AT YOSHI’S
The last ISM recommendation is this live album recorded in Yoshi´s, an important venue located in Oakland, California. This Trumpet Concert in which Sandoval and crew render musical honors was launched in 1995 and contains seven tracks: first pays tribute to the genre’s earliest New Orleans traditions (Second Line – Joe Avery’s Blues) then proceeding on to Bebop (Bebop Medley). Without forgetting his deep Latin roots (El Manisero) and his bound-less love for mentor Dizzy Gillespie (Dear Diz and Every Day I Think of You), as well as for trumpet icons Clifford Brown (Joy Spring Sureña) and Miles Davis (Seven Steps to Heaven). A dollop of Clark Terry’s “mumbling” is even thrown in for good measure.
“I enjoyed Arturo Sandoval’s Latin Jazz concert at Yoshi’s night club on July 4th. He combined all kinds of Jazz inspiration into his own unique “Latin Soul” music. His music is so free and universal. I feel Arturo’s inspiration can bring us together and is taking us into a new dimension of our new world… – Yoshi.
Release: October 2nd, 2015
Oh, And if you haven’t seen a concert by this “Trumpet Legend” yet, don’t miss this month 4 days of amazing shows with two sets, so you can attend at the time that suits you best in the city of the White House, Washington DC.
Dates: November 14th, 15th, 16th & 17th
Prices: $71 – $76
Venue: Blues Alley. 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20007
Contact: 202-337-4141
Purchase your ticket online today at https://www.bluesalleylive.com/?fuseaction=home.artist&VenueID=3&artistid=19523
ARTURO SANDOVAL – Trumpet Legend
- 10 Time Grammy Award Winner
- Emmy Award Recipient
- 6 Time Billboard Award Winner
- 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
- 2016 Honorary Doctorate recipient in Fine Arts from The University of Notre Dame
- 2015 Hispanic Heritage Award Recipient
“Cuando una canción es buena, siempre va a ser buena, sin importar quién, cuándo o cómo se cante”. Arturo Sandoval
More about Arturo Sandoval as well as event dates around the world at http://ARTUROSANDOVAL.com/
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Omar Negron
USA / Florida / Tampa
Omar Negron, The Virtuoso of Trumpet and Percussion
Omar Negron was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 3, 1972. Music came into his life as a family legacy.
From the age of 3 he began to play percussion “las pleneras y el bongo”, guided by his maternal grandfather, his paternal grandfather who was also a musician and cuatro player and his grandmother who sang Puerto Rican trova.
At the age of 7, he entered the Carolina School of Music where he learned to read music to interpret it in percussion, which he had already mastered.
The first witnesses of his talent were his classmates at the Angel Ramos de Country Club elementary school in San Juan P.R, where he was part of the central show in several of the school activities, in some of them even imitating the singer Oscar de León. .
At the age of twelve, while attending his regular studies, he was alternately accepted at the Ernesto Ramos Antonini Free School of Music in San Juan.
There he began to study Trumpet since there was no room for percussion.
However, the percussion teacher allowed him to be part of his class, so he (Omar Negron) studied Trumpet and Percussion simultaneously.
Proven his talent, Omar Negron had the opportunity to be part of the School’s dance band, where he began playing Bongo and years later he would play Trumpet.
He was part of some talent competitions where he ranked first as a singer.
Upon graduating from the Escuela Libre de Música, Omar Negrón received the Rafael Hernández medal for his versatility playing different instruments, including his voice.
His musical career
At just 16 years old, Omar Negron makes his first professional recording as a singer, thanks to an opportunity he received from Mickey Cora and his Cabala Orchestra, where he was able to record and perform the songs: “Wanting to Live With You” and “We Will Always Be Friends” .
In 1990, Omar Negron was recruited by the Conjunto Chaney after the departure of the singer José Cheo Andújar.
A year later he made his first recording with the Ensemble, in the production entitled “Somos Amigos” where he performed the song “En Trance”.
Omar made three more productions with the Chaney Ensemble under the Hit Makers record label, but unfortunately none were released.
In 1994, Chaney made a recording with the Musical Production label, entitled “La Escuela de la Salsa”, where Omar recorded the songs: “I’m back”, “Impulsos”, “I fell in love”, “You are the vice”, ” Gaining Sensuality”, among others. This production earned them several awards including a Gold Record and an ACE Award.
It was a season of success and presentations in Europe, the United States, Central America and South America.
In 2004 he was invited by maestro Willie Rosario to be part of his orchestra after the departure of singer Rico Walker.
Opportunity that he enjoyed for three years and allowed him to gain experience as a son player and interpreter of many of his hits.
However no new recordings were made during that season.
In 2013 he launched himself as a soloist with the song: “No Son Juguetes”, composition and arrangement by Frank Poupart, a song that was widely accepted among the fans of romantic salsa in Puerto Rico, the United States, the Canary Islands, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia. among others.
Then he recorded the song by Ricardo Montaner and Jorge Luis Chasin “Bésame” which made him the winner of two Fox Music Awards in the city of Houston, Texas.
The same theme was placed number one on the Italian and Swiss tropical music radio charts.
A year later, he recorded “Waiting for you” written by Jesse Villareal and arranged by the great experienced arranger Tommy Villarini.
This single allowed him to open doors in countries like Belgium, Turkey, and Germany in addition to the United States, Central and South America, especially in Panama where his music is well accepted.
In 2016, with much more accumulated experience and with the help of a new work team, Omar Negron launches his new single entitled “Por Si Mañana”, composed by Jorge Luis Piloto and arranged by Ramón Sánchez.
This song is the Salsa version of the ballad recorded by the well-known Colombian group Mojito Lite.
José Madera
North America/ United State / New York
José Madera, Percussion & Arranger of Machito, Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente
One would think that a job with the world famous Tito Puente
Band keep busy a percussionist.
But the musician, arranger and composer José Madera had yet found the time to record and write music for some of the most influential bands in the world.
Prior to joining Tito Puente over 35 years ago, Madera play for four years with the famous Machito Orchestra, and recorded with many artists of R & B (including James Brown, Diana Ross, David Sanborn and Aztec Two – Step).
As an arranger for Fania Records Plant, played in several comerciales successes, and through the years has composed music for the Fania All- Stars, Larry Harlow , Johnny Pacheco , Willie Colón, and Celia Cruz .
Although he has recorded some 75 albums in 20 years, as well as numerous radio jingles and film soundtracks, Madera still had time for his other career for 15 years he had worked as a teacher and conductor in a high school for the performing arts with private funds, in the city of New York.
Jose has written many arrangements for countless commercial Latin artists and has recorded or worked with many of them as well. Some of them include: Larry Harlow, Johnny Pacheco, Chico O’Farill: The Lincoln Center Afro-Cuban jazz orchestra, Celia Cruz, Tito Rodriguez, Fania All-Stars, Willie Colon, Joe Farrell, Machito, Graciela, Mario Bauza, Willie Rosario, Earl Klughand Eddie Palmieri, just to name a few.
Jose has also worked and recorded with many pop, R&B and jazz artists.
Some of them include Diana Ross, James Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Paquito D’Rivera, George Benson and Lionel Hampton among others.
Jose has performed on over 250 recordings. He has worked on several television show soundtracks including “The Simpsons” and several motion picture soundtracks including ”The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love” where he was the musical arranger and conductor for the Tito Puente segment of the film.
Jose also taught the art of playing Latin percussion instruments at BOYS HARBOR in New York City for 28 years.
Jose has done and continues to do musical clinics around the country at various schools.
¨He was the musical director of the Latin Giants of Jazz from 2001 to 2009¨.
José Madera continues his musical direction with the Mambo Legends Orchestra, a band comprised of former members of the Tito Puente Orchestra, which is dedicated to performing new creative Latin and Latin jazz concepts, as well as some of the music of Machito, Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente.
José Madera has personally re-created and re-arranged much of the music that the ban ds performed during the heyday of the Mambo at the Palladium Ballroom in New York City, which is considered by many critics to be the “Greatest and Mostinnovative Era” in the history of Latin music.
Madera’s saxophonist father Jose “Pin ” Madera, was one of the original members of the Afro -Cuban Orchestra Machito .
Young Joseph was influenced by drummer Machito (The best Latin Big Band drummer I’ve ever heard).
Later I was influenced by José Mangual and the same Tito Puente. The LP Timbale bell (circa 1966) was the first instrument Wood LP , today plays a variety of congas , bongos , guiro and bells LP.
Compared with the instruments that were used years ago , the sounds I get from the LP instruments are very authentic.
As an arranger, it is very gratifying to know that whatever you write will be accompanied by instruments LP, which only improve the quality of interpretation.
In 2008, Madera was entrusted to the Department of Research and Development LP designing the Signature Series José Madera Congas .
José Madera is proud that these drums, bearing his name, present a sound and a visual such outstanding features.